WVC 16 - 29 B- 1
§16-29B-1. Legislative findings; purpose.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the health and
welfare of the citizens of this state is being threatened by
unreasonable increases in the cost of health care services, a
fragmented system of health care, lack of integration and
coordination of health care services, unequal access to primary and
preventative care, lack of a comprehensive and coordinated health
information system to gather and disseminate data to promote the
availability of cost-effective, high-quality services and to permit
effective health planning and analysis of utilization, clinical
outcomes and cost and risk factors. In order to alleviate these
threats: (1) Information on health care costs must be gathered;
(2) a system of cost control must be developed; and (3) an entity
of state government must be given authority to ensure the
containment of health care costs, to gather and disseminate health
care information; to analyze and report on changes in the health
care delivery system as a result of evolving market forces,
including the implementation of managed care; and to assure that
the state health plan, certificate of need program, rate regulation
program and information systems serve to promote cost containment,
access to care, quality of services and prevention. Therefore, the
purpose of this article is to protect the health and well-being of
the citizens of this state by guarding against unreasonable loss of
economic resources as well as to ensure the continuation of
appropriate access to cost-effective, high-quality health careservices.

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